When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to change tactics: with his forward troops only thirty kilometres from the city's historic centre, he decided instead to starve it out. Using newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid describes a city's descent into hell - the breakdown of electricity and water supply; subzero temperatures; the consumption of pets, joiner's glue and face cream; the dead left unburied ...
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When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to change tactics: with his forward troops only thirty kilometres from the city's historic centre, he decided instead to starve it out. Using newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid describes a city's descent into hell - the breakdown of electricity and water supply; subzero temperatures; the consumption of pets, joiner's glue and face cream; the dead left unburied where they fell - but also the extraordinary endurance, bravery and self-sacrifice, despite the cruelty and indifference of the Kremlin.
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New. 2012. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 432. Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44. 512 pages. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight: 380......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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